RURAL MAGAZINE – NEW WEBSITE
‘THINGS are looking up.’ I cannot believe I wrote this on what we call the magazine’s ‘Welcome page’ just a couple of weeks ago. It is one of the very last things that get written in each edition, so this up-beat reflection was e-penned on 9 March. What a difference a few days makes! […]
WHY ARE JERSEY’S SOILS BEING POISONED?
GLYN MITCHELL, whose contributions to RURAL we look forward in forthcoming issues, asks: If herbicides are so good, why do we still have weeds? Kill it and claim it Recycle and regenerate PEOPLE tend to assume that organic farming and sustainability go hand in hand. But this is not necessarily the case – and hasn’t […]
GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS…
Managing director of Signtech, SEAN GUEGAN, is joining RURAL as a columnist in the next issue. RURAL is not a business magazine – there are enough of them already in the Island – but we will be concentrating on the sector often overlooked: small, family businesses, grounded in Jersey and in community life. In his […]
CONCERN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT? – YES, BUT ONLY SELECTIVELY PERHAPS
By MIKE STENTIFORD, former National Trust for Jersey president and regular contributor to RURAL magazine ALL of us are now fully aware of the remarkably explosive environmental ‘wake up call’ following the BBC’s epic milestone television series ‘Blue Planet II’. The disastrous consequences of plastic waste on our oceans and marine life has finally been […]
DOT COM OR DOTCOMBE?
RURAL’s editor ALASDAIR CROSBY kicks off a regular blog from the magazine’s contributors. ——— I LIVE in the land of Dot Com, but how I wish I still lived in Dotcombe. Dot Com is a busy place at the moment. RURAL magazine has jumped into the 21st Century – 18 years late, of course, […]
THE BOAT IN THE MORNING
ON 23 April an artist collective known as the Futurefarmers will sail into Jersey on board the RS10 Christiania, as they travel from Oslo to Istanbul with the Seed Journey. On board are will be five artists, two captains, a navigator and a cook. Afterwards they will move on to Samarès Manor for baking and […]
Milk wholesale price to rise by 4p per litre
The wholesale price of Jersey Milk is increasing by 4p per litre from Monday 15th May, the first rise since 2013. The price rise has proved necessary because Jersey Dairy is facing increasing costs in its operation as a result of the British pound’s poor performance against the Euro. Wholesale price increases of between 4% […]
CARROTS ARE FUN.
ON Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 March, the National Vegetable Society will be selling vegetables grown by HMP La Moye between 11am and 4pm each day at Les Creux Bowls Club in St Brelade. Dozens of different vegetable plants will be on sale – all of superb quality. Preparations also start that weekend for the […]
Fresh ginger has been grown in Jersey for the first time
Woodside Farms in Trinity carried out a successful trial last year resulting in 1.5 tonnes of fresh ginger being produced. This year it is looking to produce 20-25 tonnes of root ginger. Woodside worked closely with Waitrose to produce the new crop. The farm trialled a number of crops last year including chard, red sprouts, […]
Sweet Talking
The Centenary lecture programme pf the Jersey Beekeepers Association starts ion 24 March. This is the first of a series of public talks about honey bees, the threats to their welfare, and that of other pollinators, and what we can do to halt their decline. Giving the talks are leading UK scientists, researchers and campaigners. […]